Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.15%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 3.01% or 2.70 points to trade at 92.50 at the close. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) added 1.61% or 1.06 points to end at 67.02 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.29% or 1.16 points to 90.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN), which lost 2.04% or 1.03 points to trade at 49.37 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.65% or 1.19 points to end at 71.12 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) shed 1.33% or 0.260 points to 19.230.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which rose 9.92% to 69.80, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was up 3.32% to settle at 47.90 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which gained 3.01% to close at 92.50.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 3.57% to 34.600 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 2.98% to settle at 37.760 and Arkema (PA:AKE) which was down 2.46% to 102.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 326 to 269 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.60% to 14.36 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 4.50 to $1339.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $64.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $68.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2429, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8754.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 88.88.